Area | Factsheet | Target species | Unwanted species | Gear type | Provider |
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Celtic Sea |
100mm square mesh panels in the codend
| Cod, haddock and other demersal species | Undersized haddock | demersal (twin rig) | Cefas |
Celtic Sea |
100mm square mesh panels in the codend
| Cod, haddock and other demersal species | Undersized haddock | demersal (twin rig) | Cefas |
Celtic Sea |
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl
| Cod, haddock and other demersal species | Undersized haddock | demersal (twin rig) | Cefas |
Celtic Sea |
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl
| Cod, haddock and other demersal species | Undersized haddock | demersal (twin rig) | Cefas |
Celtic Sea |
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl
| Cod, haddock and other demersal species | Undersized haddock | demersal (twin rig) | Cefas |
Celtic Sea |
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl
| Cod, haddock and other demersal species | Undersized haddock | demersal (twin rig) | Cefas |
Celtic Sea |
200mm diamond-mesh netting in the wings, square and back sections of a trawl
| Cod, haddock and other demersal species | Undersized haddock | demersal (single rig) | Cefas |
West of Shetland |
300mm diamond mesh mesh netting panels
| Haddock, whiting, cod, monkfish, megrim | twin trawl | MSS | |
North Sea |
Best practice slipping from purse seines
| Herring (Clupea harengus), Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) | pelagic | IMR | |
Black Sea |
Changing mesh shape and increasing mesh size
| Whiting and red mullet. | demersal trawl | CFRI | |
South Aegean Sea |
Diamond and square mesh codends
| Hake, red mullet, striped mullet, rose shrimp and Nephrops. | demersal trawl | HCMR | |
Skagerrak |
Discard survival of undersized plaice
| European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | demersal | DTU | |
Skagerrak |
Discard survival of undersized plaice
| European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | demersal | DTU | |
Baltic Sea |
Effect of codend circumference, mesh size & lastridge ropes
| Cod (Gadus morhua) | demersal | DTU | |
Baltic Sea |
Effect of codend material type
| Cod (Gadus morhua) | demersal | DTU | |
Baltic Sea |
Effect of increasing circumference of T90 codends
| Cod (Gadus morhua) | demersal | DTU | |
Skagerrak |
FLEXSELECT: a counter-herding device
| Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) | demersal | DTU | |
East of Shetland |
Increasing codend mesh size in a whitefish codend
| Haddock and whiting. | single trawl | MSS | |
North Sea |
Reducing trawl length
| Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) | demersal | IMR | |
South and West of Ireland |
Testing mesh sizes in gillnets
| Eurpean hake (Merluccius merluccius). | demersal | GMIT | |
Skagerrak |
The effect of a divided codend
| European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | demersal | DTU | |
Surinam |
Trash-and-Turtle Excluder Devices (TTEDs)
| Seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) | demersal | FAO | |
Skagerrak |
Use of an escape grid
| Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) | demersal | DTU | |
Celtic Sea |
Using 100mm T90 netting in the extension and codend and a 120mm square mesh panel to reduce discards in whitefish fisheries
| whiting, haddock, cod, hake, anglerfish, megrim, plaice and rays | Demersal (twin rig) | Pecheurs/IFREMER | |
Central Adriatic |
Using 40mm square mesh codend
| Mediterranean scaldfish, broad-tail shortfin squid, European hake, red mullet, Norway lobster, common pandora, deepwater rose shrimp, Mediterranean horse mackerel, poor-cod and all marketable species. | demersal trawl | CNDR | |
Bay of Biscay |
Using a 100 mm mesh size square mesh panel (SMP)
| monkfish, megrim, hake, squid and red mullet | horse mackerel, mackerel, blue whiting and juvenile hake | demersal | AZTI |
Celtic Sea |
Using a 45mm square mesh codend
| Nephrops | demersal (quad rig) | BIM | |
Bay of Biscay |
Using square mesh panels to reduce discarding of horse mackerel,
| hake | horse mackerel, mackerel, blue whiting and juvenile hake | demersal | AZTI |
Celtic Sea |
a large 100 mm T90 mesh panel in the extension
| John Dory, hake >36cm, haddock >34cm and monkfish | demersal | COBRENORD | |
North Sea and Western Skagerrak |
actively stimulating fish behaviour
| Norway lobster, cod | demersal | DTU | |
Western Channel |
an 80 mm T90 mesh panel in the extension and last tapered section
| Whiting >32cm, haddock >34cm, monkfish, squid, cuttlefish and red mullet | demersal | COBRENORD | |
Western Channel |
an 80 mm square mesh panel in the extension and last tapered section with a 4-panel codend
| Whiting >32cm, haddock >34cm, monkfish, squid, cuttlefish and red mullet | demersal | COBRENORD | |
North Sea |
changing the groundgear
| Nephrops and mixed round and flatfish | twin trawl | MSS | |
Irish Sea |
decreasing codend circumference
| Nephrops norvegicus | demersal | BIM | |
Central Adriatic |
decreasing the circumference of a diamond mesh codend
| red mullet, european hake, little squid and all marketable species. | demersal trawl | CNDR | |
Iceland |
developing a suction dredge in the Iceland scallop dredge fishery
| Iceland scallop (Clamys islandica) | demersal | MFRI | |
Balearic Islands |
diamond and square mesh codends
| striped red mullet, hake, Norway lobster and red shrimp | demersal | IEO | |
Skagerrak and Kattegat |
efficiency of single and twin/ multi-rig trawling
| Norway lobster, cod, haddock and plaice | demersal | DTU | |
Adriatic Sea |
estimating size selection of Norway lobster
| Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) | demersal | CROATIA | |
Balearic Islands |
fitting square mesh panels
| striped red mullet | demersal | IEO | |
Balearic Islands |
fitting square mesh panels
| red shrimp | demersal | IEO | |
West of Scotland |
increasing codend mesh size
| Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species | twin trawl | MSS | |
West of Shetland |
increasing codend mesh size and inserting a square mesh panel
| Haddock, whiting and cod | Scottish seine | MSS | |
Western Irish Sea |
increasing codend mesh size from 70 to 80mm
| Nephrops | demersal (quad rig) | BIM | |
Irish Sea |
increasing codend mesh size from 80 to 90mm
| Nephrops norvegicus | demersal | BIM | |
North Sea |
increasing mesh size in the extension of a beam trawl
| sole | beam | ILVO | |
Central Adriatic |
increasing the mesh size of a diamond mesh codend
| Red mullet, European hake, little squid and all marketable species. | demersal trawl | CNDR | |
Tyrrhenian Sea |
inserting a 50 mm square mesh panel (SMP)
| Atlantic horse mackerel, European hake, poor cod, broadtail shortfin squid, deep-water rose shrimp and all marketable species | demersal trawl | CNDR | |
North Sea |
inserting an FCAP netting grid
| Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species | twin trawl | SFF | |
Tyrrhenian Sea |
inserting an excluder grid
| Norway lobster, greater forkbeard and all marketable species. | Blackmouth catshark | demersal trawl | CNDR |
North Sea |
lowering headline height (<1 m)
| Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species | twin trawl | MSS | |
North Sea |
moving a square mesh panel (smp) closer to the codline
| Haddock and whiting. | twin trawl | MSS | |
Central Adriatic |
reducing codend twine thickness
| European hake, Whiting, Poor-cod, Red mullet, Common pandora and all marketable species | demersal trawl | CNDR | |
Southern North Sea |
reducing the number of meshes in circumference
| sole | beam | ILVO | |
West of Scotland |
removing a tickler chain from a whitefish trawl
| Haddock, whiting and monkfish | single trawl | MSS | |
North Sea |
removing codend lifting bags
| Haddock and whiting | single trawl | MSS | |
Southern Aegean Sea |
trials with square and diamond mesh codends
| Hake (Merluccius merluccius) | demersal | HCMR | |
Celtic Sea |
using 100mm T90 netting in the extension and codend
| Whiting, haddock, cod, hake, anglerfish, megrim, plaice and rays. | Demersal (twin rig) | Pecheurs/IFREMER | |
Balearic Islands |
using 50 mm diamond and 40 mm square mesh codends
| striped red mullet; hake; Norway lobster; red shrimp | demersal | IEO | |
Western Baltic sea |
using FLEX – FLatfish EXcluder –
| cod and other roundfish | demersal | Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut | |
Western Baltic sea |
using FRESWIND
| Cod and other roundfish | demersal | Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut | |
Western Irish Sea |
using a 300mm Square Mesh Panel
| Nephrops | demersal (quad rig) | BIM | |
West of Scotland |
using a 35mm Swedish grid and 120mm square mesh panels (smp)
| Nephrops | twin trawl | MSS | |
Mersin Bay |
using a 40 mm square mesh codend
| Red mullet, brush tooth lizardfish, common pandora, goldband goat fish, picarel, axillary sea bream, speckled shrimp, green tiger prawn and other marketable fish and crustaceans | demersal trawl | Mersin University | |
Celtic Sea |
using a 65mm square mesh codend
| Nephrops | demersal (quad rig) | BIM | |
North Sea |
using a Flip Flap netting grid
| Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species | twin trawl | MSS | |
Irish Sea |
using a Swedish grid with a bottom gap
| Nephrops | demersal (quad rig) | BIM | |
Celtic Sea |
using a T90 mesh codend and extension
| Whiting | demersal (twin rig) | BIM | |
Southern North Sea |
using a T90 netting codend
| sole | whiting and pouting | beam | ILVO |
North Sea |
using a flexible grid
| Nephrops and mixed round and flatfish | single trawl | MSS | |
Bay of Biscay |
using a flexible inclined grid in the lower panel of the extension
| Anglerfish, megrim, rays | Demersal (twin rig) | Pecheurs/IFREMER | |
Portuguese south coast |
using a grid in a crustacean fishery
| Nephrops and rose shrimp | Blue whiting | demersal | IPMA |
North Sea |
using a horizontal separation panel
| marketable sole, plaice, turbot and brill | beam | Wageningen University | |
Southern North Sea |
using a horizontal separator panel
| Sole and plaice | beam | ILVO | |
Western Channel |
using a large square mesh panel (80 mm mesh size) in the last tapered section of a trawl
| whiting, red mullet, pouting, gurnards and squid | demersal | COBRENORD | |
Western Channel |
using a large square mesh panel (90 mm mesh size) in the last tapered section of a trawl
| Whiting >32cm, haddock >34cm, monkfish, squid, cuttlefish and red mullet | demersal | COBRENORD | |
Portuguese south coast |
using a modified Nordmore grid
| Nephrops, rose shrimp and red shrimp | Blue whiting and boarfish | demersal | IPMA |
Portuguese south coast |
using a modified Nordmore grid
| Nephrops, rose shrimp and red shrimp | Blue whiting and hake | demersal | IPMA |
Western Irish Sea |
using a modified Nordmore grid
| Nephrops | demersal (quad rig) | BIM | |
Celtic Sea |
using a quad-rig trawl
| Nephrops | demersal (quad rig/twin rig) | BIM | |
Baltic Sea |
using a sorting grid
| Cod (Gadus morhua) | demersal | THUNEN | |
Portuguese south coast |
using a square mesh codend
| Nephrops, rose shrimp and hake | Juvenile Nephrops | demersal | IPMA |
Southern North Sea |
using a square mesh codend in the beam trawl fishery
| sole | beam | ILVO | |
Portuguese south coast |
using a square mesh netting grid
| Nephrops, rose shrimp and commercial hake | Juvenile Nephrops | demersal | IPMA |
North Sea |
using an eBRP in the beam trawl fishery
| Sole | beam trawl | ILVO | |
North Sea |
using an inclined netting panel
| Nephrops and mixed round and flatfish | twin trawl | SFF | |
North Sea |
using cylindrical grids in the codend
| marketable Nephrops, plaice, turbot and brill | demeral (multi-rig) | Wageningen University | |
Balearic Islands |
using flexible sorting grids
| hake, Norway lobster, and red shrimp | demersal | IEO | |
Southern North Sea |
using large square mesh top panels
| Sole and plaice | beam | ILVO | |
North Sea and east of Shetland |
using rigid Swedish grids
| Nephrops | twin trawl | MSS |